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‘, . 4 ' of the Pacific Coust, f wish to c&tend te you our greetings und sood wishes, ‘ Brotuer C, Fe Deal of tadéInbund satus Jsis: of tie Facdfie. Chairrin and Grotuers: Greetings from tae membership of tue Inland Boutman's Union of tue Pacific. We appreciute fully tne orobiens you hive before : you. There is one point purticulurly which 1 would like to stress, The men on the ships are the organization. That is the niin problem and tae miin thing 1.5.0, failed to do. Tuey forgot the men on the eins, i want to conse tulate this ' Convention on toe point f£ tre ships slscting Delopetes onf sevling delegate? from the saips tuemvcives. 2 toink this is an oitatensing cdvanece. L can offer rou uw practical report on tne sentisent of cit cuoubers of tac C.1.5, Lon fay tihat two-thirga of bac mombersndo boae voted -O to 1 to goin “os Glh.D. Un tag ekres Voust the I.B.U, hos been in ovisteaee cince 1913, First it was known os tucderry Soatmens Union, crpanized by moself. Luter it extended UJ. because the name coagstwise. «about tree years ago Te FAs changed to the 1.4, did not cover all tne cctegaries, The i.02.U. nas orgunizod need arose, We a.ve orgewittzed for 18 years dn Sun Trac bia und 4 years da Son 2edro. Me mmow of Une strerche : tne Executive vourd cf the 1.9,0., I consistertl; einst their polley toward the Last Coust seuea. Ne offered recomindstdous concisteatly. Tne ISU, committed sudeide. inere is only cne thing to do whea « person cond suicide, It gives extrese pleasure to ussist you in the funrral car unonies, Ni ke ; Ve ry a Lrotier Patrick Splliven of the Cindi Cecen! s Union. Anat "al h Livdis +n as the "a achat. as mn member of GO che i - . ! Mr. Gaairuoa and Brothers: It cives st. ere t ple:.sure ts renresent 1909 Canwiian seayen ut this Vonvention. be .re wre os “raternal delesetes, but I hope that Brothe rye. haan “ac myvelf whil ve at the vonvuatden waices is toe be held in august in Chio..o, not as Fraternal delegates, wut will ture the nluee which is rigntfuliy ours «s true delegutes of the National merit tirnc Union, Gur orgenizution, even taough ve heve wi Toe. ciater, is an industrial orgenizetson, emiracin, everytody ubroacd the vessels until ouch time ac taney muy set out to hove céperatu oljuidcatious., Sc luwe firessa, 2 hloro, cocks, unt aterunis, m.tes, ete. in our Union. bist we need is a Muvitinc “ecer tion embracing Loaghhore- men, Master and Mates, ‘drenmen, Tenosters, caeld..uis, over, «in. under one bonaery, go thet When we fave vo Show the sy powers Mit We wont, we con show it to tren in & uniform manacr. the Sonwiiun Seamens Uaton 2 year uve sant “ey had ten mamvers; last Cepteuber we hod Pive bunured members; nad move lice ninacteen Mmaircd, aad we Cannot et to the bouts fust enough to orpanive tue crews, “Ve took in Pour cundred: a ~~" ‘new members the week before last. I think that in sumist er Gestarber, waen the N.M.U. decided to cull its Great bakes and Mest vouventdon, tie Canadian secnen will huve tnere a representative ta.t will surprise toc delegates on tais side of the border, ~8- / —$—$<$—$—_——— <a en * —_ ins oe _ a - fe - . / in eritish Colun—' =